The woman’s name has not yet been released. She was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a separate retail fraud in Blackman Township and lodged at the Jackson County Jail, Jester said. Detectives are sorting through the recovered lingerie. Once the report is finished, charges will be sought through the prosecutor’s office.

Detectives stumbled across some of the stolen lingerie on Sunday. Management at a local motel called the public safety department and reported drugs found in one of the rooms. When officers went to investigate, they found lingerie with tags still attached stuffed under a mattress, Jester said.

No one was inside the room. Management helped detectives find the man who rented the room, Jester said. The man told detectives he rented the room for the 29-year-old woman and never went inside it. He led detectives to her.

The woman admitted to several thefts but was not specific about dates. She is not an employee at or affiliated with the store. The woman would stash the lingerie in a bag or conceal it under clothes in the dressing room, Jester said.

Officers also found inside the room merchandise they believe was stolen from other area stores, Jester said.